On Friday, Walmart filed an unfair labor practice charge against UFCW with the National Labor Relations Board to stop what Walmart says are illegal disturbances against its businesses.

A group of Walmart employes, encouraged by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and OUR Walmart, are expected to strike on Black Friday. Black Friday is the stores busiest day of the year, and this may be the largest strike against the company in its history.

Two groups affiliated with the UFCW -- OUR Walmart and Making Change at Walmart -- have been organizing demonstrations and flash mobs outside of Walmarts.

I applaud Walmart for doing this. Even though the NLRB is basically the federal arm of union enforcement, even they must ddress this complaint. I’m hoping Walmart will force them to follow their (the NLRB) own rules.

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posted on 11/18/2012 11:47:48 AM PST
by Fzob
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)

I wish that Wal-Mart would just shut down the affected stores. It wouldn't hurt their business at all and would absolutely send a message to the unions that if they strike, it had better be for some real grievance.

...everyone knows that it will soon happen, just like Twinkies. I don't think that the fury of the people who have lost their Twinkie jobs has been been unleashed yet. Maybe it will not, who knows in this day and time when a reprobate like Pres zer0 could be elected for a second go-round at "fundamentally changing America"...as if there were something wrong with it to begin with.

I agree that Wal-Mart complaining to the NLRB will achieve nothing, because the NLRB is a corrupt organization. However, Wal-Mart probably *has* to do this first, before it can sue in federal court.

And that is where the real action is, because Wal-Mart has long rejected legal settlements when it is sued, and has a brigade of very experienced and very successful lawyers who are probably thrilled with the idea of going after a “hard target” like the UFCW.

Published on Thursday, February 10, 2005 by the Associated Press
As Union Nears Win, Wal-Mart Closes Store
by Adam Geller

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it will close one of its Canadian stores, just as some 200 workers at the location are near winning the first-ever union contract from the world’s largest retailer.

Wal-Mart said it was shuttering the store in Jonquiere, Quebec, in response to unreasonable demands from union negotiators that would make it impossible for the store to sustain itself.

So basically what you are saying is Wal-Mart just complained to Hitler that the Nazis are up to no good...

A perfect analogy... However, where the NLRB had some real leverage over Boeing, when Boeing wanted to open a new plant in a right to work state, since Boeing has all those government and military contracts, Walmart has none of these. Still, Obama is nothing more than a finger puppet for the real power brokers, like Trumpka. In the old days, Walmart would have stood up to the NLRB, but now, who knows?

Mark

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posted on 11/18/2012 12:09:41 PM PST
by MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)

As a former grocery-store employee screwed-over by the UFCW, I approve this message.

You too, eh?

When 'my' local decided to go with a new contract with the employer that would have taken us off the UFCW's health insurance (which was horrible) the national stepped in and forced a strike. Bunch of crooks didn't want to give up their slice of the pie and screwed over their "brothers and sisters" in the process.

Hated belonging to that (or any) union, but to have the job I had to pay the dues under state law so I joined to avoid any pressure at work. Got some anyway; "So, where's the union patch on your work jacket?"

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posted on 11/18/2012 12:09:58 PM PST
by whd23
(Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)

As far as I am concerned, if a Walmart employee is scheduled to work on Black Friday and does not show up for work, then Walmart should inform said employee that their employment is hereby terminated immediately. There are plenty of people out there looking for work to replace them.

I was in a union once. Same kind of deal...the old guys negotiated a good deal for themselves, left the younger ones in the lurch. Then they said, “Well, this is the best we can get, so let’s go for it.”

I remember it well: me and another young worker were the ONLY ONES who voted to reject the contract.

Now this was when I was young and liberal....so I thought unions were GOOD then. One of those early lessons I got that eventually turned me to the right side of things.

One of our friends, an 89 yr. old German woman, remarked after Obama was re-elected, “Do these people know what they are doing? He is doing just like Hitler and Mussolini were in their early days of coming to power.”

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posted on 11/18/2012 2:12:21 PM PST
by Twinkie
(Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.)

According to Reuters, the National Labor Relations Act prohibits such picketing for more than 30 days without the filing of a representation petition and requires the NLRB to seek a federal court injunction against such activity.

Well now, let's see if the NLRB adheres to the law...

UFCW to be held accountable for any injury or property damage that may occur as a result of the actions led by the union, OUR Walmart or any of its other affiliates.

Hah...union thugs do any damage...their union pays for it

This is going to be very interesting...

Wal-Mart has very, very deep pockets...and not afraid to "go to the mattresses" in a fight...

The unions may have bitten off more than they can chew...

The OUR Walmart employees may be in for a surprise when day when certain stores simply do not open in the morning when they show up...

Here's how it works; a bunch of union flunkies apply for jobs at a Walmart in a major media market. Once they are hired, they then have the legal right to distribute union literature to other employees on WalMart property. They then ‘strike’ which is just a big PR shinding, as typically these are part of the midnight stocking crew and not employees who'd be working on Black Friday anyway.

That's the great trick to the whole thing; none of the ‘striking’ workers are actually scheduled to work during the strike and mind, WalMart automatically fires those who are late on mandatory days. Since none of the strikers are actually supposed to be working, they can claim a walkout to the media, but nothing from Walmart as a response. And to stay within the law, every picket holder simply needs three pieces of union literature in their pocket and they are legally ‘handing out literature to fellow employees.’

This year, Walmart got the upper hand; anyone who holds up a sign saying ‘strike’ can be escorted off the property and sued. But the union thugs will be back next year, with picket signs that won't mention a strike or walkout.

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posted on 11/18/2012 3:05:32 PM PST
by kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)

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